{
  "event": "WQA Convention & Expo",
  "year": 2027,
  "verified": "2026-09-14",
  "dates": {
    "label": "Full event",
    "value": "April 28–30, 2027"
  },
  "venue": "Phoenix Convention Center",
  "city": "Phoenix",
  "official": "https://convention.wqa.org/",
  "dateSource": "https://convention.wqa.org/travel/faqs/",
  "photos": [
    {
      "alt": "Swiss water-technology pavilion with Evodrop filtration products, Sulzer and Bucher Unipektin branding, sample counters and a seated visitor meeting.",
      "caption": "Swiss water technology · treatment products and consultation",
      "credit": "Purple Exhibits portfolio",
      "source": "https://purpleexhibits.com/our-work/#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTYxNTksInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9wdXJwbGVleGhpYml0cy5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzA5XC8wMDZfRTAwMjNfSU1HLTcyODcuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiMDA1NWJkMSJ9",
      "image": "https://purpleexhibits.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/006_E0023_IMG-7287.jpg",
      "siteSrc": "/shows/portfolio/wqa-wqa-hero-154-1600.webp",
      "project": "Swiss water-technology pavilion",
      "reuse": "First-party Purple Exhibits portfolio photograph selected for the user-authorized Purple company website. Public page has All rights reserved; no open licence is claimed.",
      "context": "The original gallery incorrectly calls this medical technology. Visible WATER, filtration, sludge and wastewater graphics establish water technology. No WQA event claim is verified.",
      "eventClaim": false
    },
    {
      "alt": "Visitors talking at the Bucher Unipektin counter in a Swiss water-technology pavilion with piston-press and biosolids graphics.",
      "caption": "Bucher Unipektin · water-treatment conversations",
      "credit": "Purple Exhibits portfolio",
      "source": "https://purpleexhibits.com/our-work/#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTYxNTQsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9wdXJwbGVleGhpYml0cy5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzA5XC8wMDVfRTAwMjFfSU1HLTcyODQuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiMDA1NWJkMSJ9",
      "image": "https://purpleexhibits.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/005_E0021_IMG-7284.jpg",
      "siteSrc": "/shows/portfolio/wqa-wqa-people-153-1600.webp",
      "project": "Swiss water-technology pavilion",
      "reuse": "First-party Purple Exhibits portfolio photograph selected for the user-authorized Purple company website. Public page has All rights reserved; no open licence is claimed.",
      "context": "The original gallery incorrectly calls this medical technology. Visible Bucher Unipektin and biosolids graphics identify water and wastewater treatment.",
      "eventClaim": false
    },
    {
      "alt": "White lounge seating and a glass table beneath a blue exhibit arch reading Welcome to our world, the world of pumps.",
      "caption": "GOTEC · space for a technical conversation",
      "credit": "Purple Exhibits portfolio",
      "source": "https://purpleexhibits.com/our-work/#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTYzNzksInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9wdXJwbGVleGhpYml0cy5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzA5XC8yMTBfTjAzMjNfTG91bmdlLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6IjAwNTViZDEifQ%3D%3D",
      "image": "https://purpleexhibits.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/210_N0323_Lounge.jpg",
      "siteSrc": "/shows/portfolio/wqa-wqa-gallery-1-263-1440.webp",
      "project": "GOTEC",
      "reuse": "First-party Purple Exhibits portfolio photograph selected for the user-authorized Purple company website. Public page has All rights reserved; no open licence is claimed.",
      "context": "GOTEC identity is verified by the matching wide photograph 211_N0326_global-booth.jpg showing the same blue arch, lounge, factory-photo wall and GOTEC branding. This frame is a pump-industry meeting space; water-treatment equipment is not visible.",
      "eventClaim": false
    },
    {
      "alt": "GOTEC exhibit with a blue-and-white counter, pump components, a glass display case, suspended product sign and Swiss manufacturing graphics.",
      "caption": "GOTEC · pump components and technical displays",
      "credit": "Purple Exhibits portfolio",
      "source": "https://purpleexhibits.com/our-work/#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTYzODAsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9wdXJwbGVleGhpYml0cy5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzA5XC8yMTFfTjAzMjZfZ2xvYmFsLWJvb3RoLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6IjAwNTViZDEifQ%3D%3D",
      "image": "https://purpleexhibits.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/211_N0326_global-booth.jpg",
      "siteSrc": "/shows/portfolio/wqa-wqa-gallery-2-264-1440.webp",
      "project": "GOTEC",
      "reuse": "First-party Purple Exhibits portfolio photograph selected for the user-authorized Purple company website. Public page has All rights reserved; no open licence is claimed.",
      "context": "The original gallery label Galtec is incorrect. Visible GOTEC Swiss Made and world of pumps branding establish the actual project. Industrial pumps are adjacent to water treatment; a specific WQA installation is not verified.",
      "eventClaim": false
    },
    {
      "alt": "Visitors meeting and discussing products in Voltronic Power’s white exhibit surrounded by solar-inverter displays and orange accent lighting.",
      "caption": "Voltronic Power · technical product consultations",
      "credit": "Purple Exhibits portfolio",
      "source": "https://purpleexhibits.com/our-work/#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTYzODEsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9wdXJwbGVleGhpYml0cy5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzA5XC8yMTJfTjAzMjdfMzI3NDUtMC5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiIwMDU1YmQxIn0%3D",
      "image": "https://purpleexhibits.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/212_N0327_32745-0.jpg",
      "siteSrc": "/shows/portfolio/wqa-wqa-gallery-3-265-1108.webp",
      "project": "Voltronic Power",
      "reuse": "First-party Purple Exhibits portfolio photograph selected for the user-authorized Purple company website. Public page has All rights reserved; no open licence is claimed.",
      "context": "Electrical-engineering consultation reference only. These are solar inverters and UPS products, not water-treatment equipment; do not imply water-industry or WQA experience.",
      "eventClaim": false
    }
  ],
  "editorialNote": "Real Purple portfolio photographs identify the actual projects; no target-show installation is implied. Space Symposium also retains three separately credited public-domain event photographs.",
  "checked": "2026-09-14",
  "facts": {
    "organizer": "Water Quality Association",
    "rows": [
      [
        "Venue & halls",
        "Phoenix Convention Center hosts education April 28–30 and exhibits April 29–30. The prospectus does not establish the hall name.",
        "https://convention.wqa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Exhibitors-Prospectus-WQA-2027.pdf",
        "partial"
      ],
      [
        "Move-in / move-out",
        "The preliminary 2027 schedule lists installation April 28, 8–6, and April 29, 8–11; dismantling April 30, 2–8. Confirm the overlap with Thursday’s 10:30 opening.",
        "https://convention.wqa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Exhibitors-Prospectus-WQA-2027.pdf",
        "confirmed"
      ],
      [
        "Height & hanging signs",
        "The prospectus specifies an 8 ft inline back drape, which is not a complete height rule. Island and overhead-sign allowances still need the 2027 service kit.",
        "https://convention.wqa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Exhibitors-Prospectus-WQA-2027.pdf",
        "pending"
      ],
      [
        "Drayage & labor",
        "WQA’s public checklist mixes 2026 and 2027 dates and still references Miami suppliers. Phoenix handling and labor instructions require a corrected 2027 kit.",
        "https://convention.wqa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/WQA-2026_Exhibitor-Checklist.pdf",
        "pending"
      ],
      [
        "Audience reporting",
        "The new prospectus lists an audience scale of 2,500+ without clearly dating that total. Its 2026 exhibitor overview gives survey results, not an exact company count.",
        "https://convention.wqa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Exhibitors-Prospectus-WQA-2027.pdf",
        "partial"
      ],
      [
        "2027 changes",
        "The Hosted Water Pros program is planned to expand in Phoenix after facilitating 196 exhibitor meetings in 2026.",
        "https://convention.wqa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Exhibitors-Prospectus-WQA-2027.pdf",
        "confirmed"
      ]
    ],
    "mistake": "The preliminary sheet overlaps Thursday installation with exhibition opening. Resolve your actual access time with WQA before scheduling treatment-equipment commissioning.",
    "mistakeSource": "https://convention.wqa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Exhibitors-Prospectus-WQA-2027.pdf"
  },
  "purpleProject": {
    "name": "KLEEMANN",
    "url": "https://purpleexhibits.com/kleemann/",
    "imageUrl": "https://purpleexhibits.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/CIA2023_231116_DSCF9351-1-2.webp",
    "alt": "KLEEMANN elevator exhibit with large suspended blue signage, a Digital Spot demonstration area, product displays and meeting tables.",
    "caption": "KLEEMANN building-systems exhibit by Purple Exhibits",
    "industry": "Elevator systems and vertical transportation",
    "evidence": "Introduction explicitly says Purple Exhibits designed the booth; the client-specific summary credits Purple with developing the exhibit. Detailed description matches the Digital Spot, open layout and overhead branding.",
    "width": 1400,
    "height": 933,
    "src": "/shows/proof/wqa.webp",
    "text": "KLEEMANN offers a documented building-systems exhibit with product interaction and dealer-style conversations. A Purple water-treatment case has not been verified, making this a related technical-display example rather than WQA experience.",
    "variants": [
      {
        "src": "/shows/proof/wqa-480.webp",
        "width": 480
      },
      {
        "src": "/shows/proof/wqa-960.webp",
        "width": 960
      },
      {
        "src": "/shows/proof/wqa-1400.webp",
        "width": 1400
      }
    ]
  },
  "reviewNote": "Uncleared third-party photographs replaced with the user-authorized company portfolio assets. Captions and alternative text updated for the actual replacement images.",
  "eventDates": {
    "convention": "Full event",
    "startDate": "2027-04-28",
    "endDate": "2027-04-30",
    "display": "April 28–30, 2027",
    "source": "https://convention.wqa.org/schedule/schedule-at-a-glance/",
    "explanation": "Full event: April 28–30, 2027. Expo: April 29–30."
  }
}